Pearl B. Cheng v. Bank of America (Asia) Ltd

Read the full judgment text of HCSA 93/2005 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 21 October 2005.

1. According to the law, one could only appeal on points of law from the Small Claims Tribunal and that is clearly stated in the title of the Notice : “Application for Leave to Appeal on a Point of Law”.

Case No.HCSA 93/2005
Court
High Court CFI
Date21 Oct 2005
Judge
Case Document
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HCSA93/2005

IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE

HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION

COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE

SMALL CLAIMS TRIBUNAL APPEAL NO.93 OF 2005

(ON APPEAL FROM SCTC 19582 OF 2004)

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BETWEEN

  PEARL B. CHENG Claimant
  and  
  BANK OF AMERICA (ASIA) LTD Defendant

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Before : Hon Yam J in Chambers

Date of Hearing : 21 October 2005

Date of Decision : 21 October 2005

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D E C I S I O N

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1.According to the law, one could only appeal on points of law from the Small Claims Tribunal and that is clearly stated in the title of the Notice : “Application for Leave to Appeal on a Point of Law”.

2.The learned Tribunal Adjudicator has already given his full reasoning in his Reasons for Decision in Chinese.[1]  It is not permissible to appeal against finding of facts alone unless such findings are so unreasonable, which would become a point of law.  But that is not the case here.

3.As I could not detect any error of law in the Decision of the learned Adjudicator, the application for leave to appeal herein is dismissed.  Since Madam Cheng only made this application ex parte, I make no order as to costs. 

  (D. Yam)
Judge of the Court of First Instance
High Court

Applicant, in person, present


[1]  A copy of his Chinese Reasons for Decision and his short reasons for his Decision on Review are appended hereto ––– see Appendix I. Apparently the written decisions below are in Chinese because the proceedings below were conducted in Chinese.  However, in the proceedings before me, the applicant has opted to use English and therefore this Decision is in English